The course opens with an introduction to the Special Part of criminal law dedicated to the study of the classification of crimes and typing techniques as well as the links between the Special Part and the General Part. The course then continues with the study of a particular class of crimes, that of crimes against the person, studied in the doctrinal and above all jurisprudential dimension. Particular attention will be paid to gender-based violence, as recently framed in the Istanbul Convention, and to crimes against equality, and also to different form of homicide.